AAPI Creative Spotlight: As an Editor, Kristin Yawata is the Ultimate Collaborator

Kristin Yawata, editor and co-founder of post-production company Little Farm, knew that she wanted to be an editor in high school. What she didn’t know at the time was that advertising would offer the best, most efficient space to hone her skills. “I feel like there is no faster way to learn to cut,” she…

British Government’s Unhealthy Food Ad Ban Delayed

The British government has delayed its much-debated plans to introduce an advertising ban on foods that contain high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) by a year as well as pushing back the introduction of deals and limiting the locations of unhealthy foods positioned in stores. Citing the soaring cost of living as the reason for…

AAPI Creative Spotlight: Kirstie Bones’ Work Tosses Out the Playbook

Having been exposed to creative writing and narration at such an early age, San Francisco-based associate creative director Kirstie Bones knew that she’d eventually land in an imaginative role. “My grandparents and parents were my first creative role models, so I had an early appreciation for creative experimentation and the power of narrative,” Bones tells…

What in the World Is Mycoprotein? Let Drew Barrymore’s Animated Avatar Explain

This food brand is called Quorn–pronounced just like the familiar yellow veggie and summer barbecue staple–but there’s no actual corn in any of its products. And it specializes in chicken…without the chicken. Huh? Quorn, a pioneer in fungi-based mycoprotein, realizes there may be some confusion about its faux meat offerings. So the legacy player has…

Soccer Players Struggle on an Uneven Playing Field to Address Gender Inequality in Sports

Soccer has become a major battleground in the fight for women’s equality, with the U.S. women’s national soccer team winning a $24 million gender discrimination case in February. Puma is joining that fight with “Joga Na Subida (The Unlevel Playing Field)” a campaign with BETC Havas S?o Paulo designed to draw awareness to the unequal…